Penalized for Success

First, it was bad enough that they taxed us to begin with. But now, right as I, and so many of us stand on the verge of success, I find out that the Democrats want to penalize us further for that success. And in exchange, they wish to redistribute that tax money to people they deem "under-privileged".

Think about it, as a person, would you rather make $149,000.00 or $$150,000.00? Would you rather make $20,000.00 or $500,000.00? I know it seems like common sense, that you would prefer to make more money, right? But what if the cost went up from 15% to 30%? See, right now, I am in an income bracket whereby the government takes about 15 cents of every dollar I earn before I ever see that dollar. The more money I make, the more I pay in taxes on this graduated system. Now you might think that this system is fair, but what if I told you that under if the current system, you already get penalized for success? See, for those of you who are on that bubble of making $150k, but have not crossed that line, it makes more sense to make $149k because if you cross that magic line to $150k, you will pay an additional 4% surcharge for being successful! So at the end of the day, the person with $149k has more money in his pocket than the guy who makes $150k. Which, in that range of cash flow, is at least $5k more.

But it gets worse, under the new plan that is being proposed, greater subsidies go to those who cannot rise to the challenge of being an American and carving their own path to success. Your charitable donations at work in the form of taxes. So income gets redistributed.

Now you might be of the opinion that people who make more should pay more because they can afford it. But look at things this way: if you, as a 4.0 student were told that you would have to get a 3.0 gpa for your 4.0 work because some kids might not make it into college without some of the A's you made, wouldn't you think that it was unfair? That is exactly what the current tax system does to achievers. The new system would turn your 4.0 into a 2.5. Ouch! But you are 4.0 student, you can afford to lose a few points because you are smarter or work harder than the rest and can make it up again. Don't worry, it is for the greater good. Now think, those grades are not grades, but rather, your money. Does it feel good again?

It should pay to be successful. You shouldn't have to pay with your soul for that success. The fact is that you have already paid. And you sure as hell shouldn't have to be forced to make charitable donations with every dollar you make. Failure should be painful, not success.

But if you want fairness, maybe we should all go to the Fair Tax. It doesn't penalize us for success or failure.

We Celebrate the Charlatan

Well, good ol' Al Gore won the Nobel Peace Prize for claiming that the planet is getting warmer due to man made activity. Now, I find this to be funny for a number of reasons:

1. A judge in Great Britain found Al's "Inconvenient Truth" to have at least 9 inconvenient half-truths or outright lies.
2. 30 years ago, the average scientist was convinced that we were on the verge of another ice age... I ain't frozen.
3. Doesn't the Sun warm this planet? Last time I checked, if you really wanted to stop global warming, the most effective solution would be to stop the fusion reaction that the sun is.
4. Isn't Global Warming a science problem and not a peace problem?
5. During the Academy Awards this year, carbon credits were being handed out in the amount of 100k lbs/recipient. Supposedly that was an offset of 20k miles driving or 40k miles flying.
1. That averages 5lbs/mile.
2. In a worst case scenario, everyone would drive a Hummer H1 which gets 8mpg city.
3. A gallon of gasoline/petrol weighs approx 6.25lbs at 72 degrees F.
4. If we stipulated that petrol was a solid and not a liquid, that would mean that everyone would burn approx .78lbs fuel/gallon.
5. But gasoline is a hydrocarbon so it is not entirely made of carbon which would clearly reduce the amount of hydrogen released.
6. Also, since Gasoline is a hydrocarbon liquid, that means that parts are hydrogen and oxygen so that further reduces the amount of carbon released into the atmosphere.
7. Even if you account for the amount of fuel used to manufacture, transport, advertise, sell, and maintain the vehicle over the course of 3 years, provided it was running on solid fuel, you would not exceed 2lbs/mile
8. So, worst case scenario, if everyone was driving an H1 than runs on solid carbon fuel, .78lbs/mile < 5lbs/mile.
   
6. Where is the math behind human induced climate change?
7. And aren't we in a period of increased solar activity?
   

Well, I'm just asking. Now, I must work on my master plan to make the sun shine harder so that Al can really have something to cry "Global Warming" about. Frakking Bag of Hot Air just got inflated further... eh, maybe I can put him to good use as a supplemental restraint system, after all, with the amount of hot air he is full of, he should be able to prevent any injuries for someone who plows a Harley into a semi.